The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-18
FROM OLD SCOTLAND.
Pleasure Trips on the CIyds-PIacss Of
Resort aRd RsnOWn.
The Mountains that Prevail---The Wealth
of Glasgow and Mineral Develop
ments ROundabouts---The
Backward Weather.
CADzow COTTAGE, ALFRED STREET,

| Castle ruins, craig Nethan, (Iellletu-
delem) old Lanark and the romantic Falls
of Clyde. At Lanark in an outer niche
of the old church is a statue of Sir Will
liam Wallace. 1t was near Lanark that
Wallace, youth then, killed Haselrig,
the English officer. A cave Is shown
near the falls where he concealed him
selfand into which we stepped, namely
Mr.. Brock, Miss Jameson, his sister in
law, and the writer hereof
These old castles were fortresses of
great strength in the early times as their
ruins demonstrate, and they were quite
numerous. Our drive to Lanark was up
the valley of the Clyde about Is miles
from Hamilton, and all the way were
continuous fields ofstrawberries in which
were groups of women, girls and boys,
picking the fruit. "Bonny Scotland" is
certainly appropriate. for the cultivated
| fields give evidence of the greatest skill
and care. It may be said weeds have
been banished from her cultivated fields.
have been the guest of Mr.. Brock as
stated, who devoted himself to me ac-
companying me everywhere. Though
now located at Dunoon, down the Firth
of Clyde ten miles from Greenock, l
shall see my friends and native Hamilton
again. DunoOn is good place from
which to take trips. It is in Argyllshire
and across the Firth four miles is
Ayrshire, Burns county. A few miles
down across is Larg's, where the Nor
wegian invaders were defeated about six
hundred years ago.
Dunoon is one of the largest watering
places on the Clyde, and contains pop
ulation of some 1000. 1t is finely built
and well supplied with neat stone cot
tages. These watering places are largely
owned and occupied by Glasgow people
some of the dwellings closed for part of
the year, Many persons rent furnished
cottage for few weeks or months, and
person can get furnished room at a
moderate rate. Just above Dunoon is
Holy Loeb, bay off the firth, and not
far away is Loeb Coil, mentioned by the
poet Campbell in Lord Ullin's Daughter.
On a conical hill but few rods from the
main pier are the fragments of Dunoon
castle, the keepership Of which was con-
ferred by Robert Bruce on the family of
Sir Colin Campbell, an ancestor of the
Duke of Argyll. Near it is the modern
castle or Dunoon. Right back of Dun
oon are the mountain hills six or seven
hundred feet high. The walks and
drives are highly picturesqe.
We, Mr.. Brock, Mr., Leggate and son
and the writer, took trip on the 9th
up Loeb Long to Arrechar, thence by
land mile and half to Tarbot on Loeb
Lomond, the "Queen of Scottish Lakes"
Ben Lomond was in plain view, but mist
covered his lofty summit. At Arrochar,
at the head of Loeb Long, is Ben Arthur,
1889 feet high. The sail down Loch Lo-
mond is grand and romantic. The river
Leven takes the water of the lake seven
miles to the Clyde at Dumbarton, to
which point we took the cars, thence to
Craigendoran by rail, and thence by
boat to Dunoon, my friend Brock going
the other way to his home at Hamilton.
The exclusiveness in Scotland con.
ficts with our American ideas. Around
their grand residences are fine parks sur
rounded with high stone walls, too high
to look over. We must say, however,
there is no difficulty in getting permis
sion to enter. Americans are privileged
characters, as we have invariably found,
and must acknowledge the unexpected
hospitality extended on all occasions. l
may here acknowledge the attentions of
our old friend, Robert Rae, for six years
or more in business in Glasgow, and do
ing well. l have broken bread with
him repeatedly, and he has shown me
round Glasgow with Mr.. Leggate. Every
Sunday evening on Glasgow green, when
the weather permits, may be seen groups
of persons surrounding speaker who is,
holding forth on some subiect-politics
or religion. One or two of the dozen
groups we visited, it was discussion.
Some of the speakers are quite able, not
to say eloquent, and they must do fairly
we'll in order to hold a crowd. They do
not speak from stands but are on the
ground the common platform.
The Mitchell is a free library-very
large-the gift of deceased gentleman,
and yet with large surplus of funds.
No books are to be taken out, and the
day we were in the tables ON the two
floors had $50 or more readers and stu
dents, old and young, all busily engaged.
Index lists of the books are hanging
conveniently so that any book can be
easily found and called for,
The city of Glasgow has scattered over
the city six large cheap model lodging
houses affording cheap and comfortable
quarters for those in close circumstances.
One is for females. Each will accommo-
date $50 to 800 persons. The bed is 81
to 41 pence per night, and each person
cooks for himself on large arrangement
for the purpose. In each building is
provision salesroom where everything is
sold at cost and in the smallest quantity,
even a farthing worth of butter. The
officers in charge low no rowdyism, nor
persons of a disorderly character. These
places afford persons cheap and comfort
able quarters. l know of no city where
like arrangement exists. The invest
ment pays the city per cent. Great at
tention is paid in Glasgow to sanitary
regulations, the authorities endeavoring
to prevent people crowding too much in
to small apartments.
There is evidence everywhere of great
wealth, and there is much less poverty
visible than 1 expected to see. Looking
over Glasgow from height one sees
forest of lofty stacks from which come
smoke. The manufactures and commerce
of Glasgow are simply immense. At
this season, being the holiday period,
the travel is enormous down the Clyde,
scores of steamers passing up down every
day, Sundays excepted, all loaded with
passengers, on trips. Dunoon, Rothesay
and other towns along the front of Clyde
are in fact summer resorts for Glasgow
people. l am at present pleasantly To-
Gated with Mr.. Leggate and family at
Dunoon, he having rented for month
Cadzow cottage on Alfred street; all fur
furnished, of course. Dunoonis ten miles
below Greenock and thirteen milrs fur
ther down is Rothesay, on the Island of
Butte, which we visited on Monday, Au-
gust 1st. Of:course Rothesay has its old
castle in which Robert II. died in 14O7.
This castle was burned in 1885 by the